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Uniform semiclassical approximation in quantum statistical mechanics

C. A. A. de Carvalho, R. M. Cavalcanti, E. S. Fraga, S. E. Joras

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0012414

Abstract

We present a simple method to deal with caustics in the semiclassical approximation to the partition function of a one-dimensional quantum system. The procedure, which makes use of complex trajectories, is applied to the quartic double-well potential.

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